"I don’t want you to hate her. Put all the blame on me." "I want to believe I raised you well." "I’m sure it was Clair that raised me well." I chuckled as I blinked back my tears. Dad would always tell me how proud he was of me, and without saying that directly now, I could still feel it, and it
AMARA. I slipped past the bodies grinding and dancing in the middle of the dance floor and found the right side of the bar empty. I sat in the high chair and ordered a Long Island iced tea while letting my eyes roam around the bar. It was dark, with neon lights illuminating the bar and disco balls
"Hey!" I greeted them before handing the vodka in my hand to the girls and grabbing the drinks given to them and placing them back in the hands of the guys who gave them to them. "I don’t think they are up for free drinks tonight." I smiled cheekily at them, although I felt like a party pooper. "So
JACE. Dad insisted we let Mom know, but I didn’t want to. Not yet. Not that I didn’t trust Mom, but a part of me didn’t want her to be disappointed with me or Amara. I wanted to fix this first so that when I told her everything, I would have good news to offer her. It was enough that she cried for
I pursed my lips into a thin line and looked at Dad, who just nodded his head at me. ‘Go, unless you want to explain why you don’t want to.’ I didn’t reply to his mind-link and just pushed my chair back and slowly rose to my feet. What a great way to let them see us! I hoped curses wouldn’t fly if
JACE. ‘Are you sure there’s a rift between you and Amara?’ Dad asked. And ironically, I was asking myself the same thing. Amara was seated next to me for breakfast, and she was acting as if there was nothing wrong between us. She was acting the same way she was around me and my family. She sat be
"Are we heading somewhere?" Kairo asked. "The girls just wanted to sleep under the stars. But just outside this house." Mom answered. "That’ll be fun. I’m used to sleeping on the forest grounds." Kairo said. "We have a tent," Cassidy told him, a coy smile playing on her lips. "Seriously? Shifter
JACE. The rest of the day went by swiftly, and as much as I wanted to push myself to join whatever the females were doing during the daytime, I decided not to. As it was unlikely for me to be bothered by their activities, so I just let them hang out on their own and hoped for the best for tonight.